How to Make Oboe Reed

  • select a slice of the wall of a cane stalk from your cane field.
  • Wet the slice with water an fold it over double.
  • Using thread, bind the ends of the cane round a thin tube.
  • Cut the now-double reed to the desired length.
  • Talking your special scraping tools, scrape the new ends of the two halves until they're just the right thickness.  Caution : They should not be too thin or too thick; just right is what you're aiming for here.
  • Repeat several hundred thousand times over a 20 year period until you have the perfect knack.
  • (* Or just buy the cane from a music supply store)

     


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